Monday, June 3, 2013

Having Fun with Common Core: Integrating Ideas

In May, I presented some book suggestions for
CCSS ELA Reading
Informational Text #9 grades K-3. At grades 4 and 5, the goals of standard #9
take a different approach by focusing on integrating ideas learned from two or
more texts.

Integration
of Knowledge & Ideas

Grade 4

Grade 5

Integrate information from two
texts on the same topic to write or speak about a swledgeably.

Integrate information from
several texts on the same topic to write or speak about the subject
knowledgeably.

Here
are some suggestions that will work well:

Grade
4

Poop Happened: A History of
the World from the Bottom Upby Sarah Albee

The Truth About Poop by Susan E. Goodman (illus. Elwood H. Smith)

Grade
5

The Tale of Pale Male by Jeanette Winter

City Hawk: The Story of Pale
Male by Meghan McCarthy

Pale Male: Citizen
Hawk of New York City by Janet Schulamn (illus. by Meilo So)

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Melissa Stewart is the award-winning author of more than 180 nonfiction books for children. Her lifelong fascination with the natural world led her to earn a B.S.
in biology and M.A. in science journalism. When Melissa isn’t writing or speaking to children or educators, she’s usually exploring natural places near her home or around the world.